SUBJECT AND CENTRAL QUESTION
What Happens Next? 2050, 2100 and Beyond. Finish with scenarios rather than prophecy: warming, sea-level rise, migration pressures, agriculture, adaptation, energy and technological options.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Johan Rockström's TED talk “The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand,” plus the IPCC AR6 Synthesis video and MIT's Climate Science, Risk & Solutions material. Johan Rockström TED talk IPCC AR6 Synthesis video MIT Climate Primer
CLASS DISCUSSION
What is the most plausible future—not the best case or worst case? Which risks are reversible? Which are not? How much should society spend now to avoid uncertain losses decades from now?
